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I live at 48 spring st and would like to request a new crosswalk from my house to the sidewalks across the street. Where my house is located, on a busy double yellow line road, there are no side walks to the left or the right of my house, and there is not even a flat area to the left or right where I could walk my dog or push a stroller without being on the main road, which isn't very wide. There are side walks across the street from my house, but traffic, coming especially from the left when facing the sidewalks across the street from my house, do not see me standing in my driveway due to a small hill. No one ever slows down or stops for me to cross, and it makes me nervous that I have to sprint out of my driveway to safely walk around my neighborhood. If there was a crosswalk, at least cars would be required to stop. I realize my house is the only one this would help, but I have a dog and baby on the way and I fear that something bad may happen as there's no way to safely exit my home on foot.
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Stoneham DPW 2 (Registered User)
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BobH (Registered User)
At the very least, there should be a crosswalk from Eustis to Vinton. Spring Street has sidewalks on the north side from Main street to Eustis, then they abruptly end and don't appear on the north side again until Fatima. There's no easy way to get to the sidewalks on the south side of Spring without backtracking several blocks to Stevens Street.
Better yet, the sidewalks on the north side of Spring Street could be extended from Eustis to Fatima, so people wouldn't have to cross the street to walk in safety. But I know budgets are tight, so that's unlikely to happen.
Jameson Bull (Registered User)
Sidewalks along most of the north side of Spring St would help fix this issue, but is likely unrealistic.
I think the larger issue is just how much speed some people pick up while driving down Spring St. If there is some more realistic way to slow down traffic, especially at that little hill by 48 Spring St, that could help address the issue so that people can cross safely.
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